Around 3 p.m. today, HPD officers located Bell driving in the 2600 block of the South Loop West.

Bell fled from police for a short distance before being taken into custody.

Stoneham was shot about 10 a.m. Monday in the driveway of his home in the 500 block of W. Troy near Stuebner Airline. His daughter, 17, was with him and witnessed the shooting. The teen got out of the car and was walking toward the garage when she saw Bell, her stepfather, point and fire a shotgun at Stoneham, detectives said. She told inspectors she heard at least two shots.Police said Stoneham's daughter watched her stepfather drive away in a pickup truck that he had parked a short distance away.

The motive in the slaying remains under investigation.

A veteran firefighter, Stoneham joined the Houston Fire Department in 1980 and was promoted to inspector in 1999.

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